NFT: Yankees-Braves game 1

Ugh.. Gardy cmon.

Maybe Judge can end this with one swing.

0-2 to swing at a ball in the dirt...

In comment 14005170 arcarsenal said:

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Ugh.. Gardy cmon. Maybe Judge can end this with one swing.

After a hot June, Gardy has done nothing but hit weak grounders

Dellin had given up, what, one hit in 15 appearances, and when he does it's to someone named Johan Camargo? Cmon.

Dellin suddenly can't find the plate and now Freddy Freeman is up? Not good.

Freeman grounds out to second

time to get a run.

Let's walk it off. Fucking Red Sox - I guess Soto doesn't destroy everyone.

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The luck that team has never fails to irritate the piss outta ne

Forces Didi to stay on 3rd (ground rule)

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with runners on base and Gleyber watching from the on deck circle.

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JFC

He needed to shorten his swing and put the ball in play.

twice tonight by batting Torres 9th.

Bird is a basket case right now. Might need to let Drury play 1st...

Still a little casual out there sometimes, although that ball was hit hard.

Ugh.

swinging at balls in the dirt. THey work the count and then swing at pitches off the plate.

When is Shreve coming in?

And I don’t get the insistence on playing Walker. Wish there was a way to get Frazier at-bats instead of Walker and Bird.

3-5 bad guys.

Potential game-winning double bounces into the stands, now a homer goes off Judge's glove. And we've burned through the entire bullpen with a tough pitching matchup tomorrow.

the jump and hit the wall....

Well luck with Hick GW double that goes onto the stangs and Acuna HR off the glove....

Hicks double stays in play, Yanks win. Judge was thisclose to catching that HR.

That's baseball Susyn.

turning the DP, too. Takes too long getting the ball out of the glove. Just needs more reps.

In comment 14005209 section125 said:

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twice tonight by batting Torres 9th. Bird is a basket case right now. Might need to let Drury play 1st...

I'm not sold on Boone yet but I don't get this comment at all. Gleyber had three hits and scored two runs tonight where he was batting.

Athletes all over the field and flame throwers in the pen. All young, and about 5 No. 1 and 2 starter types in the minors.

In comment 14005233 Eman11 said:

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I'm not sold on Boone yet but I don't get this comment at all. Gleyber had three hits and scored two runs tonight where he was batting.

Because there's no reason on Earth Higashioka OR Bird should be batting ahead of him. I said last week I have no problem with them playing Bird thru his struggles, but he should be batting 8th or 9th until he comes out of it. His AB with the bases loaded was absolutely fucking pathetic.

Couldn't buy a hit with RISP. Hell, even a sac fly from Bird would've won it. Gotta admit, I had a shitty feeling about this one when Hicks' double bounced into the stands.

everyday.

In comment 14005233 Eman11 said:

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In comment 14005209 section125 said: Quote: twice tonight by batting Torres 9th. Bird is a basket case right now. Might need to let Drury play 1st... I'm not sold on Boone yet but I don't get this comment at all. Gleyber had three hits and scored two runs tonight where he was batting.

Had Torres been batting 8th, he would have been up with runners in scoring position instead of Higgy and Romine...

I think Boone has to stop with the wild swings in the batting order. Get a set lineup and leave it. Swapping Hicks and Gardner is one thing. Moving Torres from 5th to 9th is another. I also think STanton needs to bat 3rd and put Didi 4th.

Boston has a month of patsies once they get out of Washington. Not much margin for error.

In comment 14005237 shockeyisthebest8056 said:

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In comment 14005233 Eman11 said: Quote: I'm not sold on Boone yet but I don't get this comment at all. Gleyber had three hits and scored two runs tonight where he was batting. Because there's no reason on Earth Higashioka OR Bird should be batting ahead of him. I said last week I have no problem with them playing Bird thru his struggles, but he should be batting 8th or 9th until he comes out of it. His AB with the bases loaded was absolutely fucking pathetic.

It's not about who deserves to hit ahead of him. He does great in the 9 hole and ended up leading off two innings in that spot tonight with hits, and turning the lineup over.

Maybe he gets pitched to differently tonight batting someplace else and doesn't score those two runs.

Like I said, I'm not sold on Boone yet but don't have a problem with where he batted Gleyber tonight as he did well where he batted. I have more of a problem with Bird,Walker and others not coming through when they had their opportunities regardless of what spot in the order they batted.

IMO, there's no way you can predict ahead of time what spot will get the key at bat on any given night.

RISPfail was brutal.

be doing a little tweaking of the roster around the A.S. break. Hopefully, they can find a taker for Walker in a package deal. The guy needs to play a lot, and there's no room here. Looks like 1b and C are going to be problematic at least until Sanchez gets back. Right now, it seems like they're playing with an 7 man batting order.

In comment 14005243 section125 said:

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In comment 14005233 Eman11 said: Quote: In comment 14005209 section125 said: Quote: twice tonight by batting Torres 9th. Bird is a basket case right now. Might need to let Drury play 1st... I'm not sold on Boone yet but I don't get this comment at all. Gleyber had three hits and scored two runs tonight where he was batting. Had Torres been batting 8th, he would have been up with runners in scoring position instead of Higgy and Romine... I think Boone has to stop with the wild swings in the batting order. Get a set lineup and leave it. Swapping Hicks and Gardner is one thing. Moving Torres from 5th to 9th is another. I also think STanton needs to bat 3rd and put Didi 4th.

You can't just say that after the fact because the game could've played out completely differently if he batted 8th. The lineup doesn't turn over the same way without his hits leading up to that point nor do we know if he scores the runs he did or who makes outs where.

Just because Higgy came up in a big spot with Torres batting 9th doesn't mean it would've played out the same with a different order. We could very well have ended up with Higgy leading off two innings batting 9th or the big spot could've found him there instead of 8th.

Bottom line is Torres did his job from the 9 hole and everyone else needed to do the same regardless of where they were batting.

In comment 14005245 Eman11 said:

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It's not about who deserves to hit ahead of him. He does great in the 9 hole and ended up leading off two innings in that spot tonight with hits, and turning the lineup over. Maybe he gets pitched to differently tonight batting someplace else and doesn't score those two runs. Like I said, I'm not sold on Boone yet but don't have a problem with where he batted Gleyber tonight as he did well where he batted. I have more of a problem with Bird,Walker and others not coming through when they had their opportunities regardless of what spot in the order they batted. IMO, there's no way you can predict ahead of time what spot will get the key at bat on any given night.

Hitting great in the 9th hole is fine, but it also means the 9th place hitter gets less PAs than everyone else over the course of a season. For a guy who's already proven to be one of the 2 or 3 best hitters on the roster, that's dumb. In addition, that's great that he led off innings with hits and by getting on base. It would be even better if as one of the team's best hitters with RISP, there were people on base when he came up. Batting the 2 worst hitters in the lineup in front of him doesn't help that cause.

Yes, other people need to come through in their opportunities. But sorry, there's no way to excuse the 2 worst hitters in the lineup batting ahead of one of the best hitters in the lineup. There's no excuse for that. Shit, Boone had the fucking pitcher batting ahead of Torres last week. If he desperately wants Torres ahead of Judge, bat him second. Batting Torres 9th gives the order depth, but it comes at the expense of shitty hitters getting more PAs than him and there being no one on base when he comes up.

This isn't me overreacting to tonight's game. I said last week Bird needs to bat 8th or 9th if he's going to be struggling like this as he increases his at-bats. Higashioka should bat 9th EVERY damn time he's in the lineup.

Was Drury called up. In the 10 he should of had pitch hit for Bird.

hits with people on base? He had to pretty much steal a run by himself with good baserunning. I like Hicks first and Gardy last. Torres is one of our best, most clutch hitters, he should be batting 5th or 6th. Earlier in the year you didn’t want to disrupt whatever mojo he had going early on in his career as a rookie. Now we know he can handle the pressure, in fact he thrives in it. Hitting him ninth behind Bird and Romine, chances are he is always hitting with nobody on base. I think he already has 5 3-run homers, let’s give him as many AB’s with man on base as possible. I don’t think hitting him 9th is it.

In comment 14005255 mitch300 said:

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Was Drury called up. In the 10 he should of had pitch hit for Bird.

why is Neil Walker even batting. This is just mind blowing how he is still on this roster

In comment 14005190 Greg from LI said:

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The luck that team has never fails to irritate the piss outta ne

Same here fucking sick of that team and the luck they have

In comment 14005259 Jim in Hoboken said:

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hits with people on base? He had to pretty much steal a run by himself with good baserunning. I like Hicks first and Gardy last. Torres is one of our best, most clutch hitters, he should be batting 5th or 6th. Earlier in the year you didn’t want to disrupt whatever mojo he had going early on in his career as a rookie. Now we know he can handle the pressure, in fact he thrives in it. Hitting him ninth behind Bird and Romine, chances are he is always hitting with nobody on base. I think he already has 5 3-run homers, let’s give him as many AB’s with man on base as possible. I don’t think hitting him 9th is it.

I'm fine with that and have no problem moving Torres up in the order.

The only thing I was pointing out is there's no way after the fact anyone can say he would've come up with runners on or in one of those big spots. It's not Groundhog Day where we can replay it and change a few things but keep a few others exactly the same.

Who's to say that big spot does come up where it did if it weren't for his earlier hits batting 9th and turning the lineup over a couple of times? That's my only point. I'm not against him batting higher only he hit where he did last night and just saying if he hit someplace else last night he gets up in those big spots instead of Higgy,Walker or Bird is a case of selective thinking. The game and would've be different without his earlier hits.

In there for 7 games out of 10, I’d be in favor of sending Bird down to AAA for a final reset to see if he can get his shot together.

No panic, but this division race is proving to be too important to allow him 2 months of spring training on-the-fly.

that was frustrating to watch. As far as the Red Sox go they aren't lucky they're really good. The Yankees need to trade for a professional 1B. Bird needs to be in AAA until next year. Walker needs to be DFA. Call up Wade for that role.

Tough loss. Bird and Romine's AB's with the bases loaded were fucking awful. Especially Bird's. Not even a competitive AB. Gardner's AB against Minter was terrible too.

Shit happens. Just a frustrating one to drop - especially when Hicks' double should have won the game.

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162 games is going to ensure nights like last night arniefez : 8:50 am : link : reply that was frustrating to watch. As far as the Red Sox go they aren't lucky they're really good. The Yankees need to trade for a professional 1B. Bird needs to be in AAA until next year. Walker needs to be DFA. Call up Wade for that role.

And what happens when Wade struggles? Send him to AAA and trade for a veteran 1B? and when that guy slumps??

Same bullshit. Different day.